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Meditation is a practice that people may look down on because of a multitude of reasons. They do not know how to get started, they may have convinced themselves that that it will not help anything, and it mostly because they are unsure why they should do it in the first place. People in recoveryRead More

Recovery gives you aims to be healthy in all aspects of your life. When you were in your addiction, you probably let your health decline to take care of your withdrawals instead of focusing on your self-care which is extremely important to upkeep in recovery. One of the best things you can do for yourRead More

The age-old question of whether you are sober if you take Suboxone or Methadone, continues to pursue in the recovery world. Some people think that if you use Suboxone or Methadone, or even antidepressants, that means you are not truly sober. What is Suboxone? A prescription medication that is a mixture of Buprenorphine and NaloxoneRead More

Addiction creates mental and physiological conversions of the body. Once drugs take over the natural substances that the brain uses for its reward system, the once natural substances do not do their job anymore making addicts have to rely more on drugs and alcohol. There is no set time limit for the shift to happenRead More

Physical activity is a great prescription to result in positive health results. Longevity of life, raising metabolism for weight loss, and reducing stress to improve your mood are a couple of examples of how physical activity provides a positive outcome from exercise. Pushing yourself to discover the physical activities that you may enjoy, can beRead More

People that are addicted to drugs may behave in ways that they never thought they would resort to. They may find themselves stealing, prostituting, or even using fraudulent activity to get the drugs they need to maintain their high. Drugs are known to lower someone’s inhibitions which can also lower their standards of how theyRead More

Bath salts may sound soothing and relatively harmless, but some bath salts are known as a synthetic drug that is made from cathinone. These psychoactive bath salts (PABS) were sold disguised as bath salts for many years. Although the PABS crystals resemble something similar to Epson salts, they are chemically different. Bath salts were firstRead More

Teenagers are synonymous for trying to pull the wool over their parent’s eyes to get away with something. In this day and age of technology, teenagers have come up with their own language to be able to text and email their friends to communicate drug slang without their parents knowing any difference. Even with parentalRead More

A life of addiction is usually one of chaotic mishaps. Most of the addict’s time is occupied with trying to fill the void that addictive behaviors temporarily fix. Signs of addiction such as overindulging and blacking out can become the reasons that somebody needs to attend rehab. While in treatment, an addict may need toRead More

People addicted drugs give the highest priority to their addiction. The drugs take precedence over everything else including hygiene. The main reason that hygiene takes the back seat to drugs is because addicts just do not care. The drugs make an addict feel high on so many levels that hygiene is just not as bigRead More